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HANSARDWelsh LanguageMy Department and I are 100% committed to supporting the Welsh Government’s ambition of 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050, as well as to increasing Welsh language services across…15 Jan 2020HANSARDShared Prosperity FundMay I congratulate my hon. Friend too? It is going to be a day of congratulating new Members, which is a happy place to be. I hope—my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary will confirm…15 Jan 2020HANSARDShared Prosperity FundI thank my right hon. Friend for the advice that he has so generously given me over the years. It should be a source of encouragement that the early conversations I have had with…15 Jan 2020HANSARDShared Prosperity FundI thank my right hon. Friend and west Walian neighbour for his question. The answer is yes. One of the reasons we are in this position—one of the reasons the Brexit vote went the…15 Jan 2020HANSARDShared Prosperity FundI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for strengthening the Union by coming here to support Welsh questions, which is very much appreciated. I hope that I can reassure him by…15 Jan 2020HANSARDSteel IndustryThe hon. Lady may have misheard me, but I have already commented on the £53 million being made available by way of compensation for energy prices, and I restate what I said just…15 Jan 2020HANSARDSteel IndustryI thank the hon. Lady. I am sure the whole House will want to extend its congratulations to her on becoming a grandmother this week. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] I hope she will…15 Jan 2020HANSARDSteel IndustryI am pleased to say that that process is already happening. I am sitting down not only with my ministerial colleagues but with the hon. Lady’s ministerial and parliamentary…15 Jan 2020HANSARDGovernment’s Legislative Programme (Wales)The legislative programme for the first Session was outlined by Her Majesty on Thursday 19 December. This statement provides a summary of the programme and its application to…20 Dec 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for her reference to Derby. We recognise the strength of the east midlands, and we are working with stakeholders from her local enterprise…23 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know how much work my hon. Friend has put into that issue. The Government have consulted on ways to prevent the loss of retention payments due to abuse or supplier insolvency.…23 Oct 2019HANSARDRed Squirrels: Potential ExtinctionI have been listening to the points made by my hon. Friend and others about the connection between red squirrels and greys, red squirrels and predators, and red squirrels and…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Intimidation in Public LifeI am going to press on for two seconds and address the question of the Deputy Speaker’s role in this respect, which is relevant to the interventions of both the right hon. and…21 May 2019HANSARD Intimidation in Public LifeIt is a tragedy that we even have to raise the fact that the taxpayer should be asked to fund security measures of the sort my hon. Friend outlines. However, we have a duty to…21 May 2019HANSARD Intimidation in Public LifeThe hon. Gentleman makes an unarguable point. It is tragic that those fundamental beliefs are in jeopardy and that so few people in society are prepared to tackle intimidation,…21 May 2019HANSARD Intimidation in Public LifeThe hon. Gentleman has more experience in this field than most, and I agree with him. We are ultimately attempting to avoid a situation where the gene pool from which our…21 May 2019HANSARD Intimidation in Public LifeI thank colleagues and particularly the Minister and the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith), for their contributions. Obviously, numerous…21 May 2019HANSARD Intimidation in Public LifeI am sure that the Minister will have some thoughts on that, but from my point of view, the answer must be yes. It is worth reminding anyone who might think that such a course of…21 May 2019HANSARD Intimidation in Public LifeI beg to move, That this House has considered intimidation in public life. I start by declaring an interest as a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, which has…21 May 2019HANSARD Intimidation in Public LifeThe hon. Lady is right. That is on my list of actions. I should say that we have probably all witnessed closer engagement and greater recognition of the dangers of such activity…21 May 2019